Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I'd like to speak with trans adults (18+) whose access to transition care has changed due to state and/or federal policy changes. DM, email Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com or Signal joyurcaba.91 4637494
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Referring to women as “females” is just the tip of the dehumanizing iceberg. 121
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The voters don’t care about climate change but they do care about real bad shit 7484
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The hidden danger of Biorender (& the death of scientific illustration) A short thread 🧵 613645
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Challenged my students to create "Thank a Microbe" flyers. Here's the example I made, we'll see what they come up with. 2328
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/11/2025THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH. 1761541390
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Anil Dash @anildash.com · 14/11/2025One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making. 12486180
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉boehninglab @boehninglab.com · 14/11/2025If this stupid bill actually passes, we are even more doomed than I thought. Note that it also includes Russia. U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborationsResearchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students 21516
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... 23282161798
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/11/2025The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."economist.comChina’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politicsThe world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising 5254722316
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/11/2025"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport. 462166568
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Got asked by a reporter to comment on the shutdown impact on NCBI and research. It's not just NCBI - it's Army Corps of Engineers permitting too, it's NSF panel reviews, and the fact we just submitted a proposal to NOAA having no idea if/when it'll ever be seen. The anxiety. It real. 2227
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/11/2025For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team. 402687921
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Quite a juxtaposition 5920162
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 26/10/2025I'm attending Frontline for Freedom's event, “Unpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed” - sign up here 👇 www.mobilize.us/publiccitize...mobilize.usUnpack the Compact Movement Call: Resisting Trump's Latest Attack on Higher Ed · Frontline for FreedomTrump’s new “Compact to All Higher Ed” is a direct attack on students, faculty, and academic freedom. **Join Public Citizen and national partners, for a timely discussion on Trump’s new “Compact to Al... 040
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going. 281437598
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem. 775239439037
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: reporttwp.aiwww.rawstory.comMajority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report 13484157
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...nytimes.comC.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases 7181128
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage 294190167549
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi. David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison. Here's their story.mississippifreepress.orgICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation. 15663943290
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Holy wow that’s a lot of emissions reduction. So we could budge global emissions if we really wanted to 041
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 10/10/2025This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk. Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.washingtonpost.comMIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal fundingMIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks. 12854210
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2025Among the long list of political adversaries President Trump has targeted in his second term are several Black women in powerful positions. Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who brought a civil case against Trump and won, is the latest.nyti.msLetitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by TrumpFani T. Willis, a district attorney who brought election interference charges against Mr. Trump, and Lisa Cook, who serves on the Federal Reserve Board, have also been investigated. 918161
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Reuters @reuters.com · 10/10/2025'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize 13951661815
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 04/10/2025 41858754
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Let’s talk about AI art. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_arttheoatmeal.comA cartoonist's review of AI art - The OatmealThis is a comic about AI art. 571116537
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building. 30891570
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 07/10/2025google wants to introduce errors into my spreadsheets and attribute them to me 22926241
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us... 22342
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Ugh imagine if that was spent on, say, schools, or rail. 030
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025How is this happening the government is shut down 030
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 03/10/2025biting my lip to not snark "but did they control for the Benadryl" (yes this is a joke) (for the people who don't get it: the studies linking long-term Benadryl use and dementia risk didn't control for the insomnia/untreated MCAS participants were using it for) 2647169
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...careers.umass.edu Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst 03555
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 01/10/2025If you like your gender, you can keep your gender 0426
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025So being against racism and fascism and standing with one’s community for self-defense is now considered a crime? Shame on UNC. This is Dwayne Dixon. I know Dwayne and the students testifying to how great of a professor he is in the comments on Instagram are as shocked as I am. 11706212
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 01/10/2025People say international solidarity cannot work, and yet eduroam. 1022138
Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 30/09/2025AI as “single-use plastic of the mind” ✊ 030
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge 8283934130
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 27/09/2025And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November. Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet 4839471311
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district. The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps." www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...bleedingheartland.comICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian RobertsIowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023. 19132561784
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/09/2025Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet! 3826881117
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/jasonjwilliamsny.github.ioAn Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramAn Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 12225273
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈 www.afge.org/article/cdc-...afge.orgCDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union PressureLeadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio... 12444215
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7. 10711196
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2025This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”nytimes.comPhilanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V. 441071277
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/09/2025see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues. 71852578
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/09/2025I'm a little ashamed to admit that TIL that the opposition to evolution in some sectors is because it means that white people and black people share a common ancestor and that narrative undermines white supremacy. 34673103
Reposted by Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text) 257101